AT43, vicinity Oksibil Papua Indonesia, 2015

AT43, vicinity Oksibil Papua Indonesia, 2015

Summary

On 26 August 2015, contact was lost with an ATR 42-300 making a descent to Oksibil supposedly using detailed Company-provided visual approach guidance over mountainous terrain. Its burnt out wreckage was subsequently located 10 nm from the airport at 4,300 feet aal. The Investigation found that the prescribed guidance had not been followed and that the Captain had been in the habit of disabling the EGPWS to prelude nuisance activations. It was concluded that a number of safety issues identified collectively indicated that the organisational oversight of the aircraft operator by the regulator was ineffective.

Description

On 26 August 2015, contact was lost with an ATR 42-300 (PK-YRN) being operated by Trigana Air Service on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Jayapura to Oksibil as IL267 shortly before it reached its destination. The wreckage of the aircraft, with evidence of a post crash fire, was subsequently located approximately 10 nm west northwest of its destination at an altitude of 8,300 feet amsl. Terrain impact had occurred in day IMC. There were no survivors amongst its 54 occupants.

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